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We constantly have spit in our mouth 100% of the time but if we were made to drink any amount of our spit it'd be disgusting. Why?

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Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨_number8_@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s the quantity. And also, by the time you’ve filled a cup of spit, it has cooled and dried a bit, resulting in an increased viscousity, giving it a very unpleasant mouthfeel.

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    • zout@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I get that the OP asked a question, but did you have to answer it with this level of detail?

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      • abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I can’t help it. When someone asks a quenstion, I spit up an answer

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel the same way about cum that isn’t directly from the “tap.” Somehow it’s fine from the source, but you put it in a shot glass and suddenly it’s disgusting.

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    • Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I feel the same way about breast milk. From a glass? No thank you. From the tap? Yes please.

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      • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This doesn’t apply to excrement, does it?

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    • Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Huh. What about piss? Like if you pee in your own mouth directly, is that less disgusting?

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      • dunz@feddit.nu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Still disgusting, but a bit less. Still pretty revolting though!

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      • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s fine

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    • dojan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I love furries and their sexpositivity.

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  • dbx12@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same reason you wear your socks the whole day but once you remove them they become eww. Human brain is weird in that regard. Probably has evolutionary reasons but from an entirely rational POV it’s weird.

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  • VulKendov@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had some oral mucositis that caused some excessive saliva production. There was one time I accidentally swallowed a mouthful of it, it immediately caused me to vomit.

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    • Num10ck@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      spit up

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    • fubbernuckin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve swallowed a mouthful of spit a couple times. Rather unpleasant experience.

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  • Oisteink@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fluids that exit the body is like this. Only exception is blood from your own kin and tears. Anything else gets very dirty once out of body. Sweat, urine, vomit etc

    Spit in a cup and drink it and watch how your peers react.

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    • ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are you drinking your kin's blood?

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      • Oisteink@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No - but wiping it off is no issue. If you drool on yourself I’m not gonna touch it

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  • Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks...now I'm acutely aware of the spit in my mouth and when I swallow it.

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  • Melobol@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You are swallowing that saliva during the day. Usually we make 0.5 and 1.5 liters daily (for us measurements 2 to 4.2 cups). And that needs to go somewhere. And it is very important part of our oral hygiene too.

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    • Tja@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So in metric the range is 3x and in imperial is 2.1x?

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  • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Freshness?

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